OUTSOURCING GOVERNMENT SERVICES Public-Private Partnership: A Win-Win for Cities and Engineering Firms
ZAWN VILLINES
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It had been more than 50 years since a new city had been created in Georgia when the City of Sandy Springs came into being in 2005. There were no models for how to get one up and running that could be applied. Fortunately, Oliver Porter had an idea. Oliver Porter is an engineer, artist and somewhat of a visionary. Porter believes that smaller governments that are closer to the people offer citizens more opportunities for engagement and input and greater government accountability. Porter had a vision for the City of Sandy Springs designed to minimize the sort of bureaucracy that would create barriers to direct citizen engagement. Critical to this vision was the idea of privatizing government services.
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